“What is this?” Marco asked. “Why is this?” “It’s a stage. For people to do entertainment on. Surely you’ve seen one,” the woman said. “I me
“What is this?” Marco asked....
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Elisa jumped right on the party. “You’ll find love one day, Riv. And then you will get her drunk enough that she still thinks it’s a good id
Elisa jumped right on the party. “You’ll...
2025-08-10 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The wizard’s house was a longer walk than any of them expected, though Marco could tell his team didn’t mind. They were still glowing with t
The wizard’s house was a longer walk than an...
2025-08-09 20:30:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Riv caught on right away.
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure. You staying alive keeps all of us alive.”
Everyone tossed their coin bags on the table while Marco tried to arrange ...
2025-08-08 20:19:08 +0000 UTC View Post
“Welcome to Quilton,” the smaller of the two men said. He had a pair of handguns at his side, and Marco suspected from the way he wore them that his class allowed him to use both of them effect...
2025-08-07 21:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The crew assembled around the mast, each doing their best to keep the little fairies at bay as they swept towards them like floodwater. Marco fired his gun wildly as he sliced back and forth with h...
2025-08-05 20:22:42 +0000 UTC View Post
“So we’re sailing towards occupied territory.” Riv said.
“Yes.” Marco had his hand on the wheel, but was hardly paying attention to the sailing. The ship was moving fast in the dire...
2025-08-04 23:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Riv woke up a few moments later, none the worse for wear besides feeling like he had taken a dump in an icy part of the sea. As soon as Marco confirmed no longer-term issues, he sped back to the is...
2025-08-03 21:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Riv let out a long breath. “You want us to sink it?”
“I don’t know if you can. But if it shows itself again. I want you to try,” the man said.
Marco didn’t answer i...
2025-08-02 19:31:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The forest was quiet and surprisingly uniform. There were no birds, no animals, and no changes in terrain. It was all just green and gray, the same few trees repeated endlessly like they had been c...
2025-08-01 19:51:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The tentacle struck like a whip, smashing across the deck and ripping away one of the railings. Riv roared and charged, swinging an axe into the rubbery flesh. The impact was less than it would hav...
2025-07-31 20:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco checked the description for the Tortoise Gull’s Conquest.
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Armored Sails
The sails of your ship have gained a slight resistance to slashing and pierc...
2025-07-30 20:19:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The ocean was a big place.
People usually described it as probably infinite. People had climbed aboard big ships packed with food and sailed into the unknown, sometimes traveling for years be...
2025-07-29 20:43:11 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the things about writing is that you don’t always get to choose the perfect idea and write about that. A hundred percent of everybody has this problem to some extent or another, because th...
2025-07-27 19:28:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco woke up in his room, or at least one of the many rooms on the island that looked exactly like it. He was pleased to find he woke up alive when not waking up or waking up dead somewhere were o...
2025-07-26 19:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post
“That’s right, little captain. Everyone has their little tricks. You wanted your friends to be safe. For now, they are. But that tug you feel in your legs? That’s the whirlpool sucking you to...
2025-07-25 20:54:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco pushed another dose of his magic into the ship. It was all that he could do at the moment. For reasons he couldn’t entirely explain, he didn’t need Elisa to explain what was going on. He ...
2025-07-24 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When night finally fell, it was Aethe who moved the out of the trees. Marco watched her flit from cover to cover, getting to the first boat and disappearing down its hatch like a greased shadow. 2025-07-24 20:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post
“How are we not there yet?” Marco slashed vines and branches out of his way with his rapier. It wasn’t really built for the work, but the upgrades it had absorbed from dead pirates made that ...
2025-07-23 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
As soon as the door closed behind him, the woman’s forehead hit the tabletop.
“Marco, you sure do bring me interesting problems,” she said. “I don’t think you realize just how close...
2025-07-23 19:33:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Frisk’s step was more like a leap performed at light speed. Marco saw the captain tensing for a moment before he cleared a good eighth of a mile of ocean water in a single blurred movement. He ha...
2025-07-22 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco nodded. “She took a risk on us. Feels right to pay that forward. I just hope she can use it.”
He moved to the rail, watching his prize bob slightly in the waves. “We tow it, unloa...
2025-07-22 19:37:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco turned back to where he knew the captain must be by now. The man was rising to his feet near the wheel, carrying what looked like a halberd. A guard weapon, really, not something you normally...
2025-07-21 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco sat alone in the ship's cramped navigation chamber, which was really just the edge of Elisa's bed. He was eyeing the map they'd sketched, surprised at how many assumptions were baked into it....
2025-07-21 19:17:50 +0000 UTC View Post
As the sun set, they saw lights ahead. Aethe climbed the rigging for a better look.
"Lanterns," she said. "Patterned. Some kind of signal. Could be trade related, I guess?"
"Could be," ...
2025-07-21 00:32:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Marco swung the wheel, sending The Foolish Endeavor in a tight hook toward the pirate ship. He pumped raw power into his craft, channeling every bit of energy he could into movement. The c...
2025-07-20 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
After another ten minutes of maneuvers, Riv stomped down the stairs from below deck, a notebook-wielding Elisa in tow. "She's stuffed to the gills, Captain. I've seen warships with less rations." 2025-07-20 19:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
"It's an evil class. No big deal," Kelda said with an even tone. “You see a lot of them out around the edges of things. It's only back there that they get rare.”
"What?"
"You aren't...
2025-07-19 19:40:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Kelda caught them before they could actually get to digging.
"Pirates," she said, "are on my mind today. They've been getting more aggressive, as you saw. I talked to Floater yesterday, and h...
2025-07-19 19:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Riv handed his pack off to Aethe, rolled up his sleeves, and started digging. The forest floor gave way to him like it was made from marshmallow, and his shovel cut through roots and soil alike wit...
2025-07-18 20:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post